Encode_script.ps1

# Encode file to be ran with powershell.exe -EncodedCommand <content>
clear-host
Function Get-FileName($initialDirectory)
{
 [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms") | Out-Null
$OpenFileDialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
$OpenFileDialog.initialDirectory = $initialDirectory
$OpenFileDialog.filter = "All files (*.*)| *.*"
$OpenFileDialog.ShowDialog() | Out-Null
$FileName = $OpenFileDialog.filename
$FileName
}
$FileName = Get-FileName
$Content1 = get-content $FileName -Raw
$Bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Content1)
$Encoded = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($Bytes)
$Encoded | set-content  ($FileName + ".encoded")
Write-Host "Contents: `n`n" $Content1 "`n`n"
Write-Host "ENCODED: `n`n" $Encoded "`n`n"
write-host "powershell.exe -EncodedCommand $Encoded"
 <#
# Decode
[System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($Encoded)) | Out-File -Encoding "ASCII" c:\setup\YourFileDecoded.txt
$Content2 = get-content c:\setup\YourFileDecoded.txt
Write-Host "DECODED: " $Content2
#>